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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System - Paul Fussell Touchstone 1992
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Located in: Needham, Massachusetts, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- “Cover is in good condition with little sign of wear; Some notes/ underlining in book with pen.”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Type
- Textbook
- Features
- Illustrated
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Subject Area
- Society
- Publication Name
- Class : A Guide Through the American Status System
- Subject
- American Society
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Level
- Intermediate
- ISBN
- 9780671792251
- EAN
- 9780671792251
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0671792253
ISBN-13
9780671792251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
271206
Product Key Features
Book Title
Class : a Guide Through the American Status System
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Demography, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
1992
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
Wilfrid SheedThe AtlanticA fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class., Wilfrid Sheed The Atlantic A fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class., Chicago Sun-TimesHighly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark., The Washington PostMove over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment., The Washington Post Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment., Chicago Sun-Times Highly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark., Alison LurieThe New York Times Book ReviewA shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute., Alison Lurie The New York Times Book Review A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute.
Dewey Decimal
305.5/0973
Table Of Content
Contents I A Touchy Subject II An Anatomy of the Classes III Appearance Counts IV About the House V Consumption, Recreation, Bibelots VI The Life of the Mind VII "Speak, That I May See Thee" VIII Climbing and Sinking, and Prole Drift IX The X Way Out Appendix: Exercises, and the Mail Bag
Synopsis
The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to housing. Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything people within American society do, say, and own reflects their social status. Detailing the lifestyles of each class, from the way they dress and where they live to their education and hobbies, Class is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives., InClassPaul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He describes the houses, objects, artifacts, speech, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from the top to the bottom and everybody -- you'll surely recognize yourself -- in between.Classis guaranteed to amuse and infuriate, whether your class is so high it's out of sight (literally) or you are, alas, a sinking victim of prole drift.
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